January 14, 2015

But when we were little, my brother had this pet boa constrictor that he fed mice to, and he named each mouse after a detective from a detective show.Mannix or Rockford or someone.It never ended well for the mice."Lets see how long Barnaby Jones can survive.""How is Columbo gonna talk his way out of this one."Stuff like that.That's really the thing with Aaron Rodgers.After watching his one-legged show against the Cowboys, you have to think it'll only get worse against Seattle and that defense.How is he going to survive?Well, he is Aaron Rodgers (come on Bears fans, you gotta wish he was in Chicago).Probably got a couple tricks up his sleeve, and to me the Seahawks are the new Cowboys.I'd love to see them lose, even to the Pack.

And for Cub Fans, that NFC Champoinship game starts at 2:05 Chi-time on Sunday, so no sweat seeing that last morning of Cubs Convention and then getting in front of a tv.Unless you're still in line for a Kris Bryant autograph.

January 13, 2015

I don't know man.There's a whole lot of sports stuff going on, but not alot with our fav baseball team.I am actually thrilled the Cubs picked up Jason Motte back in December, though.Like ex-Cub Randy Wells, Motte converted from catcher to pitcher, although Motte's stuff has more heat.And you know he was the Cardinals closer when they last won the World Series in '11.Then his elbow went wonky, he had Tommy John and then a rotten year last year, which is when Theo swoops in and grabs him.And as we've been learning over the last couple years, when Theo swoops in, there is often a change for the better in the talent of the swoopee.Largely because of Chris Bosio and his incredible voodoo.I mean, we don't know yet but this may prove to be a really good bullpen move with the added bonus of that World Series experience.Sure would be nice to see the Cubs growing playoff beards, although I'm afraid there's a bunch who are still too young to grow one.

Things that we could have talked about but didn't - I was in a bar watching the Cowboys' Dez Bryant make one of the all-time great catches in any playoff game.But then it got reviewed and undone. I later heard on the radio that somebody (I think a Trib reporter but I'm not sure) said, "If 10 guys in a bar say it's a catch, then it's a catch."Well there were more than 10 guys and women in that bar, and they all thought it was a catch.So, that thing was all wrong and the NFL has to figure out how to utilize technology and change their rules so we don't need scientists and lawyers to tell us what just happened.

Then last night a third stringer stepped into the most difficult position to play and led Ohio State to a romp over Oregon in the first ever college championship game. How did they do that?I don't know, but I am so looking forward to Urban Meyer vs Jim Harbaugh rivalry that's about to start up.

January 11, 2015

If you read a bit from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, you can see there's a bit of nervousness going on down there.See Bernie Miklasz' point #3?It says, "This one won't go over well, and I'm not trying to troll anyone here. But I believe the Cubs' expedited rebuilding program under team president Theo Epstein and GM Jed Hoyer is making the Cardinals a little nervous. If indeed the Cardinals view the Cubs as a rising power, then that's another reason to make a big move here to strengthen your roster for the long haul."

Their core is getting up there age-wise.Their rotation might be getting a little less dependable as far as health goes - remember Adam Wainwright at the end of last season? He had a little elbow thing to clear up. His regular season ERA was pretty sterling at 2.38, but in the playoffs it ballooned to 5.63.

So why not go get Scherzer?Because he costs one billion dollars?That's alotta worm to chew, dude.There are other guys too, most notably Cole Hamels and David Price.And I figure they'll do SOMEthing.

Anyway, I gotta scram and go watch football.But it's so gratifying to actually have the Cubs make the Cardinals nervous.Here's a Miklasz quote from a recent video he did: "The Cubs Cardinals rivalry will also be better because this rivalry will soon become alot more about competitve, high-stakes baseball and alot less about drinking beer. Not that there's anything wrong with drinking beer."

January 09, 2015

I just did some math. Correctly.You know that's weird.Last night I averaged about 13 MPH going home on the Kennedy.It took me 2 1/2 hours to drive home.Silver lining?Listening to all those people talk about the new GM the Bears just hired, Ryan Pace.My overall takeaway is this: pro GMs rarely have actual GM experience when they get hired. I guess really good GMs might go from one place to another, but apparently what happens more often is what happened with Phil Emery.You get the GM gig and you fail and then you never get a GM job again.That makes sense, right?Otherwise there would be 32 successful GMs and the jobs would never change.Most of the people I heard last night said that they knew of Pace, that he's really young and yet has 14 years of experience in the Saints front office.But otherwise, nobody said anything more than he has a great reputation, really.That until a couple years go by and we see what happens, we just won't know.

Which brings me to salad dressing.The other night we're having dinner and I put my fav Wishbone Italian on my salad.It's the one on the right up there with the little hole you squeeze the dressing through.My wife also had some Paul Newman's on the table, some kind of viniagrette thing.She says it's delicious, so I say hey man pass me that stuff.I unscrew the top and since I'd just used the Wishbone by turning the bottle upside down and squeezing, I did the same with the Paul Newman.Half a bottle of viniagrette spills out before I have time to say...Actually, I didn't have time to say anything.

You know... you think you know something and then you realize that's just not true.Lucy says she's gonna hold that football and all you gotta do is kick, Charlie Brown.You paid for parking and still got towed, that cable guy never showed, the princess kissed a frog but turns out it was a toad.This guy was standing on a boat and then he wasn't. Had to swim 9 miles to shore.I mean, what the hell, man?Ryan Pace, obviously I don't know anything.But the Bears are my favorite football team and I have a whole lifetime invested in them.Please be good.

January 06, 2015

I was watching the Cowboys vs Lions game the other night which was kind of a good game except it had the Cowboys and the Lions in it.

I thought about what this season was supposed to be.For Bears Fans.Sorry, I CAN'T HELP IT.THIS WAS THE WORST SEASON IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.The Sports Page turned into the National Enquirer, only the Enquirer at least had Kate Upton.A whole universe of irrelevant crap in a giant tornado blowing around my city.If you were 5 years old, you'd think that football season was set up in such a way that the Packers would ALWAYS win the North or the Super Bowl.Of course I know there will never be another '85, but a Bears defense that gives up 442 points?They bled out in gushes.Well I guess it's better than the all time record 478 from last year.

Yes I'm glad that they fired everyone.In the meantime I'll be forced to watch the Cowboys and the Packers.That just makes me soooo happy.

January 04, 2015

Not that much going on in baseball except the HOF vote.So besides Lee Smith, not a whole lotta Cubs stuff going on.For no reason at all, I googled Kris Bryant this morning.Saw this:

Couldn't believe it was his birthday.No disrespect towards Luis Valbuena, but if Kris Bryant has a nice spring I sure hope he's in that opening day starting lineup no matter the "player clock" thing.Bryant, Castro, Baez, and Rizzo as a starting infield?Weak knees, spinning head, all that.There's all the outfield talk too, and maybe that's where he ends up, but whatever.I cannot wait for this kid to come up.So Happy Birthday Kris Bryant, and may you get your MLB wish this year!I'm pretty sure we're all wishing that same exact thing.

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